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7 *@nitrhj LettersPat'cntllV'o. 75,632, dated March 17, 1868; antedatedvMarch 4,1868.

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Be it'kuown that I, ALEXANDER HARBOU, Jr., of South Onondaga, inthe county of Onondaga, and State j of New York, have'invented anew and useful Improvement in Harness; vand I do hereby declare that the fol-l lowing isa fullvand exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thel letters of reference marked thereon.

Y This improvementm'ay beemployed ywith the harness in common use, and is designedto prevent the lines with `which an animal is guided or driven, being drawn under the vanimals tail, or come in 4unpleasant contact with the tail.

The mode in which this -inpro\ 'ement accomplishes its object will appear from the following-described larrangement for holding andsupportingthe lines.- 4

' The rod a, Figure 1, of the accompanying drawings, I make of any suitable metal or material, and of such I thickness as is necessary to bear the pressure and strain to which it may be exposed. Imake it round or square, or any other 'shap'e,.and its length I proportion tothe size of the animal upon which it is to be used.

This rod, when in use, will be placediover the centre 'of the animals back, and parallel with it. The end of the rod referred to by theletter 6, fig. 1`, is intended to be to the rear of the place where the backlband usually crosses the animals back, but may be extendedfa'rther toward the neck. The arms e, iig. 1, are attached to the movable' clasp cl, iig. 1, by a common joint. The'onds of these arms, referred to by the letter e, g. 1, I

attach tothe back-band of a harness, or to a substitute for a back-band, by any suitable device, unless the roda or the arms c are extended fartherforward, in which case I attach them to the hames or collar, or to a substitute for them. The clasp d, 1, I make movable, upon the roda, and by a suitable device I make it stationary at any 'desired point upon that part of the rod .over which it is designed to move. The clasp f, fig. 1, I also make movable upon the rod a, and by any suitable device Iv make it stationary at such points uponthe rod asmay be chosen. 'lo the claspfI attach the arm g, iig. vl, by adouble joint or its equivalent. This joint isreferred to by the letteren and vz', 1.

One part of the'joint permits the arm to turn'to the rightor left und the other part permits it to be raised orvdepressehd, and by a suitable vdevice I hold it in any desired position, which may be obtained from these motions. .At the endof the arm y, and-at the place indicated by the letter lc, iig. 1, I make an opening, through which the lines forguiding the-animal may pass. v Y

v When two arms are found more convenient than the single arm g, I make use'f two. A part of the rod' a, I inakepliant, by joints, or their equivalent. That part and thejoints are referred to by Vthe letter Z, iig. 1.

The 'end of the'rod a, referred to by the letter m, g.' 1, I make to form a part of a crupper, or vattach it to a crupper, by 'any suitable arrangement. When the object of this ,improvement can be bcst'attained by separating the'guiding-lines,v at or near the place where they pass the animalsvtail, I make use of the arrangement represented. by Figure 2 of the accoml panying drawings. 'Ihat part of fig. 2 indicated by the letter n isa movable clasp, to be placed upon-the rod a in place of theclasp'ref'erred to by the letter f, iig; 1. The arms. referred to by the letter o, iig. 2, I attach to the clasp n by any form of joint which shall m'ake them most serviceable.l Through the ends ofthe arms o, at the places referred-Ato by the letter 79, fig. 2, I make openings for the driving-lines to pass. i V I clai-m'as `my invention, the rod e, iig. 1, or its equivalent, when employed substantially as and-for the purpose setV forth.

V I also claim the arm-s c,`when Vconnected by a common joint, or its equivalent, and employed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I also claimvthe combination of the claspf and the arm g, or their equivalent, when employed substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 1 -l i I alsoclaim the clasp n, fig. 2, and the arms o, 1 n combination, or their equivalent, when employed substantially as and forV the purpose set forth.

ALEXANDER HARRO'UN, Je.

` IV'itnesses".r

Jeunv SHARP, l MTHos. H. YoUNeMAN. 

